Process Development Engineer

Company	KLA
Location	Hillsboro, OR, USA, Vancouver, WA, USA
Salary	$97000 – $164900
Type	Full-Time
Degrees	Bachelor’s, Master’s
Experience Level	Mid Level

Educated to degree level in a relevant science or engineering discipline – ideally holding a Masters degree or above
Ideal candidates have 3+ years of hands-on semiconductor industry experience (process engineering with basic understanding of general semiconductor manufacturing flows)
Knowledge of clean room procedures and analytical instrumentation desired
Experience of report writing / progress presentations on a routine and frequent basis – using the Microsoft Office Suite
Familiarity with basic Lean/6-sigma concepts desired
Experience dealing with customers and ability to handle difficult situations

Primary purpose of this position is to understand, deliver, demonstrate, and fully implement a process solution that meets and aims to exceed our customer requirements – primary location is in Northwest United States (Oregon)
Installation of customer specific processes on systems and testing compliance with agreed process specification (“process transfer”)
Improvement in procedures and specifications related to the delivery of quality equipment to the customer – including improvement on existing processes to exceed customer requirements
On-site attendance for process installation acceptance, process development and process update meetings, along with remote support for customers
Collaboration with internal SPTS groups to ensure both proper process transfer and issues reporting
Collaboration with sales team on new applications or potential for future tool sales
Make presentations for all onsite projects – executive reviews and detailed summaries – proactively offering solutions to problems as needed
In depth compilation analysis of data – some of it complex with multiple variables
Develop familiarity with necessary process modules and endpoint capabilities